Best DS Games For iPhone And iPad

Slowly, but surely, old console games are being brought back to life on the App Store with increasingly competent touchscreen controls. Today, we're picking out some of our favorite Nintendo DS games that have made their way to iPhones and iPads.

Final Fantasy III

You're going to need to have to crack open every piggy bank in the house to get any of Square Enix's App Store titles. Fortunately, this remake of the 1990 RPG classic packs in enough content to justify the price. The graphics have been lovingly overhauled, the touch-screen controls work much better than you'd think, and the interface has been tweaked to make good use of the available screen space. If you missed it the first time around, we promise you'll get your money's worth from this monster title.

First things first, if you own one of the new iPads you're in for a major treat with The World Ends With You. It looks great on any Apple screen, but the Retina version will blow you away. This is a mysterious game where the hero, Neku, wakes up in in a world with no idea how he got there, and now has to fight his way to survival with some very accomplished touchscreen controls. Once you've exhausted the lengthy main story, you can head back in and unlock even more hidden content.

Mention the name of Chrono Trigger to gamers of a certain age and they'll likely get misty-eyed. With good reason too – this is still one of the finest RPGs ever to be crafted and it was created by the masterminds behind both Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest. Time travel, adventure, memorable characters, and all of the brand-new content introduced for the DS version have been packaged together here. As with the rest of the Square Enix releases it's pricey, but you won't regret the ten dollar entry-fee.

Don't get too excited about the “Free” price-tag attached to this game, as you'll need to buy the later chapters. We don't think you'll have any trouble convincing yourself to do just that after you've played the first two chapters though as this is a highly original and entertaining title. You may be dead, but you can take possession of objects and manipulate them to solve the game's myriad mysteries. You can even rewind time to the moment before someone's death in order to change the course of history.

We do love our in-depth RPGs but if you just want a bit of throwaway fun that will get you through a million work breaks then we can't recommend WireWay enough. The task is to send your character springing around the game's levels using stretchy wires, but you also need to grab the stars on each level if you want to travel to the highest points. More missions are added with each update, and there are a handful of game modes to keep the action fresh.

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